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  <h1 class="topictitle1">Preparing for the Backup</h1>
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   <p>Before backing up a TiDB cluster, prepare related information as follows:</p>
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      <b>Table 1 </b>Preparations for backup
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       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="18.310000000000002%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.1.1 "><p>TiDB cluster username and password</p></td>
       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="14.62%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.1.2 "><p>Yes</p></td>
       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="50.73%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.1.3 "><p>Username and password of the TiDB cluster administrator, which have been configured by the user in the production environment.</p></td>
       <td class="cellrowborder" rowspan="3" valign="top" width="16.34%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.1.4 "><p><a href="en-us_topic_0000001839224101.html">Step 1: Registering a TiDB Cluster</a></p> <p><a href="en-us_topic_0000001792504698.html">Step 3: Registering a TiDB Table Set</a></p></td>
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       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.1.1 "><p>TiUP installation path</p></td>
       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.1.2 "><p>Yes</p></td>
       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.1.3 "><p>You can run the <strong>which tiup</strong> command on the TiDB database cluster node to obtain it.</p></td>
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       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.1.1 "><p>Log backup path</p></td>
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       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.1.3 "><p>You can run the <strong>tiup br log status --pd</strong> <em>xx.xx.xx.xx</em> command in the TiUP installation path to obtain the backup path (<em>xx.xx.xx.xx</em> indicates the IP address of the PD node).</p></td>
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